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is like much of the discourse around the changes, overly sensationalized and borderline false. The only change made that's relevant to sideloading-a-downloaded

by rstat1 29d ago

is like much of the discourse around the changes, overly sensationalized and borderline false. The only change made that's relevant to sideloading-a-downloaded-APK as far I understand, is a 24hour delay in enabling the ability to do so, which is a wildly overblown non-issue.

jwitthuhn 29d ago
It is less secure though, and they are doing it in the name of security. People are right to call that out as bullshit. Availability is a key component of security, and this is a 24-hour DOS on apps not blessed by google.
- rstat1 29d ago
  It’s a one time delay that occurs when you first enable the ability to install downloaded apks and you never see it again for any device attached to your Google account. That’s why I called it a wildly overblown non-issue
  - tcfhgj 29d ago
    I call hat freedom gone with one switch